The strategic importance of an ADC

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	The strategic importance of an ADC Being able to deploy a virtual ADC in a public cloud computing environment means that an IT organization can have a common architecture across its own data centers and the data centers provided by one or more cloud computing service providers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Adding Visibility to WAN Optimization Too often network professionals find themselves stuck in reaction mode, which can prevent them for strategically planning for positive, long-term benefits. Read this report to learn some best practices for understanding and improving the visibility and performance of mission-critical, networked applications. Read now! In this Issue In fortified data center, NYSE runs 'gated' trading cloud Why big data is a big deal Microsoft claims its private cloud is up four times cheaper than VMware's Ruby on Rails 3.1 will make the apps run faster Kelley Blue Book taps data analytics tools to improve car valuation Researchers' waste management pyramid takes aim at messy computer innards Sister organizations pool their resources to share SIEM and logging Bootstrapping an Ubuntu server on Rackspace using Cloud-Init and Fog University tests ERP on new Dell cloud Salesforce.com, Dun & Bradstreet launch Data.com WHITE PAPER: F5 Load Balancing 101: Firewall Sandwiches How to make a ''firewall sandwich''. Read now. Learn More! In fortified data center, NYSE runs 'gated' trading cloud Hurricane Irene mattered not to NYSE Euronext's large data center, which is built on land high enough to avoid 100-year floods and just about everything else. Read More Why big data is a big deal Like 'the cloud,' the concept of 'big data' is the subject of a lot of hype and means different things to different people. Here's what it really means, who's really doing it, and what it could mean for the future of data mining. Read More Microsoft claims its private cloud is up four times cheaper than VMware's Microsoft has always positioned Hyper-V to be a less expensive alternative to VMware. Now the software giant says that with VMware's new VRAM-based pricing, it calculates a private cloud built on Microsoft can cost up to $70,000 less than one built under VMware's licensing schemes. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Visualization of an Intricate Network The Depository Trust & Clearing House required enhanced network visibility to support their custody and asset servicing valued at $40 trillion. See how Riverbed provided: • End-to-end visibility of encrypted traffic • Lower MTTR • Application and network activity analysis without requiring probes on every WAN link Learn more! Ruby on Rails 3.1 will make the apps run faster Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson has released version 3.1 of his open-source Web application development framework, adding new features that should speed the rendering of Web pages for users. Read More Kelley Blue Book taps data analytics tools to improve car valuation Kelley Blue Book is using sophisticated data analytics tools to sift through volumes of historical and current data to arrive at what company executives say are far better car valuations. Read More Researchers' waste management pyramid takes aim at messy computer innards Johns Hopkins University researchers are thinking green about how to speed up computers and make them last longer. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Protect, Restore Exchange in Virtual Environments Disaster has struck. Your virtual Exchange system is down and the pressure's on. There's only one way to successfully avoid a potential catastrophe: You need a well-documented disaster recovery plan. Discover proven techniques to prevent data loss in this Quest white paper. Learn more. Sister organizations pool their resources to share SIEM and logging You've heard the expression, "Two can live as cheaply as one," but can five log as cheaply as one? Five sister clubs of the Canadian Automobile Association pooled their resources to acquire one high-end SIEM and logging system from LogRhythm to meet their logging requirements for PCI compliance. Read More Bootstrapping an Ubuntu server on Rackspace using Cloud-Init and Fog Recently at work I needed to figure out how to bootstrap a server image on Rackspace, preferably using Ubuntu's Cloud-Init package since we already had that working on EC2. I couldn't find a single person who had done this before, so after struggling for a day or two and finally figuring out that it does indeed work (and it turns out to be pretty simple) I thought I would share the knowledge. Read More University tests ERP on new Dell cloud University of Kentucky CIO Vince Kellen is considering moving some of the university's SAP work to a cloud environment, which would make him a relatively early adopter of ERP in the cloud. Read More Salesforce.com, Dun & Bradstreet launch Data.com Salesforce.com is joining forces with Dun & Bradstreet on Data.com, a cloud-based storehouse of company and customer contact information for use in CRM systems, the companies announced. Read More
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